The 1940–41 La Liga was the tenth season since its establishment. Atlético Aviación retained the title.

Format changes

Due to the expansion of the league to 14 teams for the next season, the two last qualified teams, instead of being directly relegated to Segunda División, faced the third and fourth qualified teams in a single-game play-off match.

Team locations

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Location of teams in La Liga 1940–41

After an absence of one season due to the damages in their stadium, Oviedo came back to La Liga. Murcia made its debut this season.

With the arrival of the Francoism, in 1941 a law that forbid the use of foreign names like Athletic, Sporting or Racing was approved. However, the clubs recovered their Royal patronages and started to use again the term Real in their denominations.

Club City Stadium
Atlético Aviación Madrid Chamartín
Atlético Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés
Barcelona Barcelona Les Corts
Celta Vigo Balaídos
Español Barcelona Sarriá
Hércules Alicante Bardín
Murcia Murcia La Condomina
Oviedo Oviedo Buenavista
Madrid FC Madrid Chamartín
Sevilla Seville Nervión
Valencia Valencia Mestalla
Zaragoza Zaragoza Torrero

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Aviación (C) 22 13 7 2 70 36 +34 33
2 Atlético Bilbao 22 13 5 4 49 24 +25 31
3 Valencia 22 11 5 6 60 52 +8 27[a]
4 Barcelona 22 13 1 8 55 45 +10 27[a]
5 Sevilla 22 12 2 8 70 43 +27 26
6 Madrid FC 22 11 2 9 51 38 +13 24
7 Español 22 10 2 10 50 54 −4 22
8 Oviedo 22 7 2 13 36 63 −27 16[b]
9 Hércules 22 7 2 13 28 67 −39 16[b]
10 Celta 22 7 1 14 45 51 −6 15
11 Zaragoza (R) 22 5 4 13 26 41 −15 14 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12 Murcia (R) 22 5 3 14 29 55 −26 13
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Valencia finished ahead of Barcelona on head-to-head goal difference: Valencia–Barcelona 3–1, Barcelona–Valencia 4–3.
  2. ^ a b Oviedo finished ahead of Hércules on head-to-head goal difference: Oviedo–Hércules 6–0, Hércules–Oviedo 3–0.

Results

Home \ Away AAV ATB BAR CEL ESP HER RMA MUR OVI SEV VAL ZAR
Atlético Aviación — 1–1 4–4 5–4 5–3 7–1 3–1 6–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–1
Atlético Bilbao 0–5 — 3–1 4–1 6–2 4–0 3–1 6–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 0–0
Barcelona 2–4 1–0 — 2–0 2–3 3–2 3–0 3–0 7–0 4–0 4–3 2–0
Celta 0–2 1–2 1–4 — 7–1 2–0 1–2 5–1 3–1 2–2 6–2 1–0
Español 2–3 1–1 3–1 4–1 — 1–2 3–2 2–1 5–0 4–3 2–1 3–0
Hércules 3–3 1–0 1–3 0–5 3–2 — 0–3 4–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–0
Madrid FC 1–4 0–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 5–3 — 2–1 1–0 4–1 6–1 6–0
Murcia 1–1 1–3 1–3 3–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 — 1–2 2–1 2–5 1–0
Oviedo 4–3 0–2 3–1 4–3 3–3 6–0 0–2 2–1 — 0–4 3–3 5–4
Sevilla 1–1 1–0 11–1 3–0 3–1 8–3 5–4 3–2 4–1 — 10–3 4–1
Valencia 3–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 3–0 6–0 1–1 3–3 5–1 4–1 — 1–0
Zaragoza 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–3 7–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 —
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The match between Zaragoza and Castellón was played at Estadio Chamartín in Chamartín de la Rosa, while the one between Murcia and Deportivo La Coruña, in Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas, in Vallecas.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Zaragoza 2–3 Castellón
Murcia 1–2 Deportivo La Coruña

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Spain Pruden Atlético Aviación 33
2 Spain Mundo Valencia 21
3 Spain Vicente Martínez Català Español 18
4 Spain Campanal I Sevilla 17
5 Spain Paco Campos Atlético Aviación 16
6 Spain Manuel Alday Madrid FC 14
Spain Torrontegui Sevilla
Spain Guillermo Gorostiza Valencia
9 Spain Mariano Martín Barcelona 12
Spain Agustín Celta
Spain Del Pino Celta
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%E2%80%9341_La_Liga
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